to everyone’s utter lack of surprise, our government has just fallen, moments ago, in a vote of no confidence in the house of commons. it seems there will be an election in january, which is weird. a vote of no confidence is weird, too, but a january vote? it's a terrible time of year to have to leave your house on a civic errand that you were unlikely to have run in any case.
we'll see, i guess.
throughout the coverage, though, i was struck over and over again by the youthful humour with which the commentators remarked on the proceedings. cbc has always been in my background as an adult voice of mature reason and intelligent reflection. as a child i strained to understand the political discussions and the well-read sense of humour bandied about so easily. i admired all of it terribly.
then today i heard two commentators snicker over the moustache a former parliamentarian used to have in the 70's, saying it was magnum p.i.-like. and i realised:
i'm listening to people my age.
cbc now employs smart 30 year olds. it probably always has. it never occurred to me that it was possible for me to work at cbc, (realistically, that is. i mean, sure, i could put bullet deflecting bracelets on, too, and run around saving the world in my see-through airplane with my golden lasso, but, i mean, how likely is *that* to happen?) and now i feel stupid for having been conned into staying a child in front of the radio. i want a job at cbc.
i could do it.
i've seen magnum.
everyone, and i mean *everyone*, i know is getting married and having babies right now, but not me! i'm a kid in front of a radio.
shit.
3 comments:
I've been thinking that a lot lately ... "now that our generation is almost in-charge." And for the most part, I'm not liking what some of us are bringing to the table.
Our parents generation had almost none of the ADD-influencing elements we grew up with: Saturday morning cartoons and Atari.
People in our generation have no sense of and little respect of time. We are used to near constant change and used to embracing it sometimes for its own sake.
I've noticed isms on the CBC that struck me as inappropriate -- not because I have a stick up my ass, or expect the CBC to be rotating on one of its own, but I still mostly hold the CBC as a Canadian institution that upholds the more-educated and yet charmingly local natures of Canadians.
The quality of spoken English on the CBC has taken turns for the worse with some of the newer personalities (and by the way, if you are white but have more than 6 syllables in your last name, you're almost guaranteed a job with the CBC) that routinely butcher the King's English and have a limited modern vocabulary that indicates a lack of classical learning. Where's the eloquence?
And while I'm on the topic, Brave New Waves on RadioTwo needs to start at 1 or 2am. I want to go to sleep at 11-12 listening to classical and not have my radio suddenly turn from Handel to gritty experimental fringe-band grinds at midnight.
Anna - you'd be great on CBC - some sort of chat show, with ineresting guests, music, dog tricks (on radio?) and interesting tips for good living (how to escape assholes when buying books etc).
I like the younger voices on CBC - is Soo Kyi Lin young?
thanks, gary! that's nice of you to say :) now, i just have to convince CBC :D
annonymous, i also worry about what our generation is "bringing to the table" or, maybe it's more accurate to say, i worry about how well, or effectively, we'll assume authority. not in some sort of tedious, heavy-handed way, but in the way that inspires faith and excellence.
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